My request – “Solsbury Hil” by the Dust Rhinos was played on Coverville, episode 534 (download the mp3).

The Dust Rhinos are butt-kickin’ celtic rockers (their words, but ones I completely agree with) from Winnipeg.  I have to admit,  first found them way-back on Napster, and since then have legitimised my Dust Rhinos collection.  They’re like Great Big Sea, but kick up the rock just a touch.

Coverville is a great program hosted by Brian Ibbott that is all about cover songs.  The program is great for supporting Indie bands, and Brian does a great job hosting.  I actually found out about it because Tom Merritt of The Real Deal and Buzz Out Loud kept talking about it.

I’ve become a Coverville convert, and I’m hoping that by requesting the Dust Rhinos I helped get them a little more exposure with the Coverville audience.

Plus, I’m vain and I just like hearing my name on the air.

This story passed me by last week.  I bookmarked it to my delicious but haven’t had a chance to look at it until now.  Via Rail offers free internet?  And they want to sell content to their passengers as they travel?  My God, someone at a Crown Corporation has a brain!

This is a brilliant idea!  Sign me up for train travel!  Cheaper, more spacious, and now free internet, content delivered to you as you pass through the Canadian country-side, sounds like a dream!

Imagine blogging about a trip through the Rockies while travelling through the Rockies.  Imagine uploading the photos to your Facebook moments after taking them.  Imagine chatting with friends to while away the time during those long trips.  Imagine downloading the latest podcast to listen to as you travel.

Brilliant.

Ah sweet!  I love Search Engine, add it to your podcatcher!  This promises to be an interesting interview.  Jesse is good at these kinds of interviews, and I’m interested in hearing Mr. Malone talk at length about this.  I’ve reread the same three quotes of his as the news story went around the world.

There’s a web service I find incredibly useful and I wanted to share with the world. It’s called MediaFly. I am usually not a big fan of “the cloud” but this is one cloud application I find incredibly useful.

So, I’ve got this long commute everyday, and I like to start off my day with a little news from home. No problem, the CBC podcasts their hourly news. But the podcast receiving software that came with my Samsung T10 is a little wonky.

MediaFly does all that I want it to do. I can set it to play once – if I heard it the next time I sync, it’s gone. I can set it to play for a few days – useful if there’s a BBC documentary I want to listen to a few times but not clutter up my player. I can set it to download only the latest episode, something I do for my Phil Hendrie Show episodes.

It is the missing software that manages my podcasts.

For free.

Check it out!

(Here’s the rss for the shows to which I’m subscribing.)

Also listen to this week’s Search Engine for more on this